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# Dwarf Assembly
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Some experiments around compiling the most used Dwarf informations (ELF debug
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data) directly into assembly.
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A compiler from DWARF unwinding data to native x86\_64 binaries.
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This project is a big work in progress, don't expect anything to be stable for
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now.
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This repository also contains various experiments, tools, benchmarking scripts,
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stats scripts, etc. to work on this compiler.
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## Dependencies
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- [libsrk31cxx](https://github.com/stephenrkell/libsrk31cxx)
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These libraries are expected to be installed somewhere your compiler can find
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them.
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them. If you are using Archlinux, you can check
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[these `PKGBUILD`s](https://git.tobast.fr/m2-internship/pkgbuilds).
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## Scripts and directories
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* `./compare_sizes.py`: compare the sizes of the `.eh_frame` of a binary (and
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its dependencies) with the sizes of the `.text` of the generated ELFs.
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* `./extract_pc.py`: extracts a list of valid program counters of an ELF and
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produce a file as read by `dwarf-assembly`
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produce a file as read by `dwarf-assembly`, **deprecated**.
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* `benching`: all about benchmarking
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* `env`: environment variables manager to ease the use of various `eh_elf`s in
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parallel, for experiments.
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* `shared`: code shared between various subprojects
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* `src`: the compiler code itself
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* `stack_walker`: a primitive stack walker using `eh_elf`s
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* `stack_walker_libunwind`: a primitive stack walker using vanilla `libunwind`
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* `stats`: a statistics gathering module
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* `tests`: some tests regarding `eh_elf`s, **deprecated**.
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## How to use
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To compile `eh_elf`s for a given ELF file, say `foo.bin`, it is recommended to
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use `generate_eh_elf.py`. Help can be obtained with `--help`. A standard
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command is
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```bash
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./generate_eh_elf.py --deps --enable-deref-arg --global-switch -o eh_elfs foo.bin
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```
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This will compile `foo.bin` and all the shared objects it relies on into
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`eh_elf`s, in the directory `./eh_elfs`, using a dereferencing argument (which
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is necessary for `perf-eh_elfs`).
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## Generate the intermediary C file
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If you're curious about the intermediary C file generated for a given ELF file
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`foo.bin`, you must call `dwarf-assembly` directly. A parameter `--help` can be
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passed; a standard command is
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```bash
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./dwarf-assembly --global-switch --enable-deref-arg foo.bin
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```
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**Beware**! This will generate the C code on the standard output.
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